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ful for the many blessings which are still left us, for when compared with the condition of those [lands?] around us, we have a grea deal to be thankful for.- I suppose you have in this [illegible] that our friend Holden has be relieved of the onesons duties of his office and that Gov Webb is to occupy the Gubernatorial chair - I know one may now look forward to better times and shall [illegible] escape the malignant attacks which have heretofore been made often us - May the New Year be the harbinger of new [ways?], new joys and new comforts to us all - we have all [full?] much sincerity about [illegible] the with charge on this long journey and [illegible] we shall I even hear of their safe arrivalI am glad to find Mr Collins was so helpful & [Sanguine] and if he continuies so, have no doubt of his services - We are undergoing the burden and manage as of Chrstimas hoilday to servants, bent upon the
Palmyra Decembr 21st '65 Paul C Cameron Esq. My Dear Sir Amidst the general crush and ruin which have overtaken the South as the result of the late unfortunate war, and whilst matters of much graver importances must [necessarily] be forcing themselves on your attention, I hardly knew whether or not it is worth while to trouble you about so small an affair as that of the sevices of "Henry," last year _ Suffice it to say however that like many, if not most other enterprizes entered into during the last two years, it proved an entire failure. The horse served some thirty odd mares, nearly all of which were put by the insurance the price of which was $35 payable in Confedrate Treasury notes of the new issue Before any of the mares were ascertained to be in foaland indeed very soon after the close of the season, Col Vick made his celebrated incursion
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P.S. I was truly sorry to hear of the death of our old friend Capt Alfred Jones- another exempllfication of the truth of the aphorism-"In the midst of life we are in death." How is my good friend Judge Ruffin and his family, and how has he withstood the terrible crash of affairs which has befallen the South- I hope it has notaffected his health seriously-
S.F.P.